Which Mario Draghi will Italy get for prime minister?
Market-friendly banker or central-authority saviour of the euro? Being a pragmatist, likely a bit of both
10 February 2021 - 15:28
Rome — Mario Draghi’s yet-to-be fulfilled leadership of Italy’s next government is keeping people guessing about how much he will draw on his prior career roles when in office.
Within the country, the likely next prime minister is often remembered as the man who oversaw its biggest privatisation — a proactive financier applying market solutions to tough problems. Elsewhere, particularly in Germany, Draghi is known as the central banker who threw clout and money at Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis to shore up its common currency...
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